‘Elephant in the room’ Weekenders 24 - 27 March 2023
Magsie
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‘Elephant in the room’ Weekenders 24 - 27 March 2023
‘Elephant in the room’ Weekenders 24 - 27 March 2023
The Elephant in the room, we do talk about!
In my drinking days, I kept it a big secret. Yes people knew I liked a drink, or three, but what they didn’t know is how much I drank.
It was my carefully guarded secret....Or so I thought.
It was there all around me, though hardly ever mentioned, just there constantly, like the proverbial Elephant in the room.
The good news is we do talk about it on Weekenders and SR, and support each other, we’re not shy to talk of addiction and the cravings, which for some reason, seem worse at the weekends.
We also share bits and pieces of our lives and the things that are important to us, or make us laugh..anything that makes the journey a little easier.
I will be here along with many others, all of us ex drunks and alcoholics. We are your scouts and can tell you what is on the trail ahead so you can be ready for any obstacles. I can tell you to come on! It is rocky and slippery but if you focus on where you place each step, you will have no trouble getting to where I am on the trail.
All of us can tell you where the potholes are, bumps in the road, and the slippery places, but we can't walk your path for you. We can only take joy as you succeed, and cheer, one and all!
Please Join us and the Elephant in the room!
The Elephant in the room, we do talk about!
In my drinking days, I kept it a big secret. Yes people knew I liked a drink, or three, but what they didn’t know is how much I drank.
It was my carefully guarded secret....Or so I thought.
It was there all around me, though hardly ever mentioned, just there constantly, like the proverbial Elephant in the room.
The good news is we do talk about it on Weekenders and SR, and support each other, we’re not shy to talk of addiction and the cravings, which for some reason, seem worse at the weekends.
We also share bits and pieces of our lives and the things that are important to us, or make us laugh..anything that makes the journey a little easier.
I will be here along with many others, all of us ex drunks and alcoholics. We are your scouts and can tell you what is on the trail ahead so you can be ready for any obstacles. I can tell you to come on! It is rocky and slippery but if you focus on where you place each step, you will have no trouble getting to where I am on the trail.
All of us can tell you where the potholes are, bumps in the road, and the slippery places, but we can't walk your path for you. We can only take joy as you succeed, and cheer, one and all!
Please Join us and the Elephant in the room!
Mags 
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In for a sober weekend. When drinking I always lost count more often than not of the amount of drinks I had in a session. Now, after 172 days without one, I can remember my count of zero. As I had 10 years of sobriety, 1993 through 2003, I am now getting to the point that hopefully I can and will achieve that longevity of sobriety again and then some.
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Originally Posted by RunnerF 
Now, after 172 days without one, I can remember my count of zero.
Weekenders are all part of a total count...of zero!
Thanks for the new chapter Mags1
Count me in for another sober weekend! ☼
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Hi Mags, Great thoughts about the elephant. 
In active addiction the elephant was on my back. Pressing down on me, crushing my soul. Everybody could see my elephant because I would point it out as my my friend. Just a big pink buddy that kept me sick and disturbed.
My elephant has been put out to pasture. I'm free to roam with a lightness that sobriety has rewarded with me with.
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Yeah. That darn elephant. I thought I did an OK job covering up how much I was actually drinking, but I was not really fooling many people. Not sure why no one really ever pulled me aside and said something. Wish they had. There were some mild comments of concern here and there, as I recall. I'd like to think I would have listened and taken it seriously if anyone had really talked to me about it. Or maybe not. In any case, It had to be ME who decided enough was enough.
Yeah. That darn elephant. I thought I did an OK job covering up how much I was actually drinking, but I was not really fooling many people. Not sure why no one really ever pulled me aside and said something. Wish they had. There were some mild comments of concern here and there, as I recall. I'd like to think I would have listened and taken it seriously if anyone had really talked to me about it. Or maybe not. In any case, It had to be ME who decided enough was enough.
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